IMGpapers 1980–83

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1980–83

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· Socialist Challenge No. 275, 7 January 1983 · pp. 8-9 of the scan · 442 words

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had suffered CLULUILLY shattering blows.

Nor was this the first time something duke this had happened. onwards almost every single major •Western power, and Japan as well, had intervened in Russia. Until that time the Russian revolution OI 1917 had passed tiny losses.

the USSR transformed the revolution into the most United States, France etc their aim was to protect liberty.

Rather It might be remarked that it is a rather way to do that by killing thirty to forty million people! Its rather like the American general during the Vietnam war who explained that in order save the city of Hue it has been necessary to destroy it!

What is more the imperialist countries west have never cared a fig leaf about the liberty" the people in either the DOVICE OTOR OI Europe. To see that conthe extremely in Newsweek explains how ine government knew in ad. vance from satelites and internal Polish and Sovie Jaruselski's and the Kremlin's plans. First the US knew that in spite its threats the Soviet leadership was not yet technically prepared for an inva sion. According Without US knowledge, Polish help, the Russians would have needed 40 diviHaving only 27 divisions ready for action, the Soviets had to wait.

The United States however knew soon after September 1941 that Jaruselski planned to impose martial law. In exTrigger As Newsweek somewhat naively puts it, "Had Solidarity been waisted challenge would trigger a union leaders might have had time to go underground More the nuld have peon would have forewarned to resist.

Newsweek gives us a heart rending explanation of the US government decision. 'Any Warl!!!! specific enough to get Solidarity's attention would have risked the colonel's life.' By now I hope I don't have to point out that if you been BOVCERTCHE S 'anarchy the period under Lenin and Trotsky The United States entered into one of its closest relations ever with the Soviet leadership, Ere period *detente immediatel The real objection which capitalism has to thi Soviet Union wel historian AJP Taylor. He summed Said that since revolution in Russia there were many crimes that had been carried out by the regime of Stalin. But these could be forgiven by the The crime which they never forgave was that, In Russia there are landlords and CHU capitalists.

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for her approach.

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